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and russia after president obama abruptly cancels a summit with vladimir putin. tonight, what's behind the decision and what it means. >>> moving on. a house of horrors where three women were held captive is torn down as one of the victims rises up to start a new life. >>> pool safety. tonight the issue getting urgent new attention over those drain covers at the bottom of the pool. >>> and must-see tv. more than 30 cameras capturing their every moves in one of the best new shows in black and white. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. while the cold war has been over for more than 20 years the growing chill of late between washington and moscow became downright frosty today as president obama called off his planned meeting with russia's vladimir putin. a response to russia's grant of asylum to admitted american spy edward snowden, but the split goes deeper than that and highlights the failure of the two most powerful men in the world to come to terms on dealing with everything from syria's brutal regime to arm
and russia after president obama abruptly cancels a summit with vladimir putin. tonight, what's behind the decision and what it means. >>> moving on. a house of horrors where three women were held captive is torn down as one of the victims rises up to start a new life. >>> pool safety. tonight the issue getting urgent new attention over those drain covers at the bottom of the pool. >>> and must-see tv. more than 30 cameras capturing their every moves in one of the...
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judy from obama's says, as ranchers, we are asset rich and cash poor. the land is the base of our earnings and should not be taxed to our death. r children need the land to continue to operate and not have to buy it again. a great e-mail. here is roger fro arkansas. thank you for providing a great program with usable and permission, every day. i like t final "2 cents" at the end of the program. your number one in my book. thank you. if send me an e-mail. coats said gerriwillis.com. finally, it is power ball day. today's drying is expected to fetch eight single winner a lump-sum payment after taxes of $245 million. it is not the 590,000,001 florida woman won in may, but it is not chump change. i would take it and i know you would too. here are some numbers that could help you buy a ticket. first off, three states seem to be luckier than others. pennsylvania has the most winners with 16. indiana has had1, and new york, for. some of the most common winning numbers, 20, 31, and 35. the most common power ball number is 42, just saying. if you want to play, t
judy from obama's says, as ranchers, we are asset rich and cash poor. the land is the base of our earnings and should not be taxed to our death. r children need the land to continue to operate and not have to buy it again. a great e-mail. here is roger fro arkansas. thank you for providing a great program with usable and permission, every day. i like t final "2 cents" at the end of the program. your number one in my book. thank you. if send me an e-mail. coats said gerriwillis.com....
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president obama's mantra that al qaeda is on the run proved wrong yet again. you're looking at pictures of yemen where government officials uncovered a al qaeda plot to capture oil and gas facities to fire on foreign embassies, the key port. news of the plot breaking a the unitedtates is stepping up its drone attacks there, killing at least 78 terrorists in the southern part of the country. and the broader plot that led to the closings of 19 embassies and facilities in 16 countries still acted tonight was no indicatio that the threats have in any way diminished. here is ate department spokesperson jan saki on the closings and alert. >> our embassy remains closed, continuing to evaluate all information on a daily basis, but beyond that i do not have an additional update. we're keeping it close to keep r people safe and because we believe the threat remains. lou: the threat remains, as president obama visited camp pendleton today, where he once again insisted, we have@ decimated the leaders of al qaeda, in direct contrast to a daily beast report today saying tha
president obama's mantra that al qaeda is on the run proved wrong yet again. you're looking at pictures of yemen where government officials uncovered a al qaeda plot to capture oil and gas facities to fire on foreign embassies, the key port. news of the plot breaking a the unitedtates is stepping up its drone attacks there, killing at least 78 terrorists in the southern part of the country. and the broader plot that led to the closings of 19 embassies and facilities in 16 countries still acted...
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president obama always talks him into staying. this time he's telling his associates in the white house, no, i really mean it. i got to be out of here by september. wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out september turns into october and a few more months after that. >> nicolle wallace -- >> real debate, obama wants him to say and sounds like rouse wants to go. >> you're nodding your head, time to get out of the white house. >> deeply held fantasy of every white house staffer to announce their resignation. you spend an inordinate amount of time planning and dreaming about your resignation, not because you don't love the president you serve, but you miss the daylight and the seasons. >> it's a grind. >> all the things -- it's a privilege and honor to serve but on the human level, it's an extraordinary grind and anyone that's been there since in the beginning is not only nearing a team when they're probably truly burned out but past that point. >> pete has been there since the beginning. thank you so much. we'll see you. >> comi
president obama always talks him into staying. this time he's telling his associates in the white house, no, i really mean it. i got to be out of here by september. wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out september turns into october and a few more months after that. >> nicolle wallace -- >> real debate, obama wants him to say and sounds like rouse wants to go. >> you're nodding your head, time to get out of the white house. >> deeply held fantasy of every white...
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>> i think we're having an economic recovery but it is diourages, 80% of job creates since obama took office are part time. that is a scary number. per capt ta in-- capt ta income is not what it should be. neil: john thank you so much we neil: john thank you so much we shall see t [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ le announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're lovinghis communal seating. it's great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for business. one bucket of data for everyone on the plan, unlimited talk and text on smart phones. now, everyone's in the spirit of sharing. hey, can i borrow your boat this wkend? no. [ male announcer ] share more. save more. at&t mobile share for business. ♪ at&t mobile share for business. a quarter million tweeters is beare tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less.
>> i think we're having an economic recovery but it is diourages, 80% of job creates since obama took office are part time. that is a scary number. per capt ta in-- capt ta income is not what it should be. neil: john thank you so much we neil: john thank you so much we shall see t [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ le announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're...
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putin looks into the eyes of barack obama. if there was a strong personality there, and someone who was willing to put out a strategy, he would react to that. i see the hand that he is playing. >> senator, isn't it em bar rasing to see him suck up to him the way that he has? >> i think so. >> i think it is. >> senator? >> once he started his administration on the apology tour. he is looking for the love of the world when we need respect. we need to show that we are the world's leader. then russia would start respecting us. we need to start encouraging nato expansion. we need to beef up our miss sill defense. that moving toward a posture of a hostile rival. that is the first thing that you have to do in developing a strategy. i'm afraid this administration is not recognizing that reality. professor cone said nobody is afraid of this guy. i would put it differently. i think the rest of the world sees him as a whimp. am i wrong? >> i wouldn't say you are wrong. i can't identify a foreign policy coming out of this president. they
putin looks into the eyes of barack obama. if there was a strong personality there, and someone who was willing to put out a strategy, he would react to that. i see the hand that he is playing. >> senator, isn't it em bar rasing to see him suck up to him the way that he has? >> i think so. >> i think it is. >> senator? >> once he started his administration on the apology tour. he is looking for the love of the world when we need respect. we need to show that we are...
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lou: good evening thank you for being with us, you are looking at president obama today, president obama choosing to not answer any questions on russian president putin. and the administration's consolation of a one-on-one meeting between the leaders next month -- cancellation of the meeting, president's press secretary had a lot to say about president putin, russian leadership and without any awareness of irony what so ever, the important work that united states and russia should be undertaking. jay carney, highlighting how important engagement with russia is for the united states on a number of issues, despite cancelling the meeting with the man that white house deems so critical to the resolution of those issues, carney at times used language that it was difficult to always understand his meaning..@ >> we had a lot of fish to fry if you will with the russian, we have a lot of issues to engages with the russians over. the president is disappointed as he said, and i said, by the decision that russian made not to return mr. snowden to the united states. lou: carney confirmed that putin's
lou: good evening thank you for being with us, you are looking at president obama today, president obama choosing to not answer any questions on russian president putin. and the administration's consolation of a one-on-one meeting between the leaders next month -- cancellation of the meeting, president's press secretary had a lot to say about president putin, russian leadership and without any awareness of irony what so ever, the important work that united states and russia should be...
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polk obama policy has been a misconception. number 2, the real problem in syria is eerie and because they're determined to keep him in power and show -- said a lot of cerium blood to do and obama never wanted to take daughter and. charles: we left iraq and afghanistan, violence in iraq is through the roof, that is underreported. what happened to the arabs spring? we thought it would usher in democracy, look what we have lost the middle east. >> there are a lot of causes the one is a declining, reseeding less assertive united states and this goes to the point that is fundamental to obama's misconception, ec's a strong america as being part of a problem, we are too much in the world and cause too much reaction so weaker, less assertive america will lead to a more peaceful world. i think is exactly the opposite. i think it is not american strength that is provocative but american weakness and that is what we see now. stuart: will not change his world view. >> we have 1200 more days of this. will be more dangerous when he leaves of
polk obama policy has been a misconception. number 2, the real problem in syria is eerie and because they're determined to keep him in power and show -- said a lot of cerium blood to do and obama never wanted to take daughter and. charles: we left iraq and afghanistan, violence in iraq is through the roof, that is underreported. what happened to the arabs spring? we thought it would usher in democracy, look what we have lost the middle east. >> there are a lot of causes the one is a...
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president obama told troops at camp pendleton that the u.s. does not retreat from the world and does not get terrorized. >> because of you, osama bin laden is no more. because of you, al qaeda's top ranks have been hammered. even as we decimated the al qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11, al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland. still threaten our diplomatic facilities. still threaten our businesses abroad. and we've had to take these threats seriously and do all we can to confront them. >> meanwhile, those heavy u.s. drone strikes in yemen continue. according to "the new york times," three strikes this morning have left three people dead. another wednesday killed seven. and a targeted attack on tuesday killed four people, all said to be working for al qaeda. >>> president obama also addressed another critical issue within the arms forces, its alarming rate of sexual assaults. it follows a recent report that as many as 26,000 instances of the crime went unreported last year, a 35% jump from 2010. the pe
president obama told troops at camp pendleton that the u.s. does not retreat from the world and does not get terrorized. >> because of you, osama bin laden is no more. because of you, al qaeda's top ranks have been hammered. even as we decimated the al qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11, al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland. still threaten our diplomatic facilities. still threaten our businesses abroad. and we've had to take these threats...
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this snub signals that obama's attempts to reset relations has hit pause. improving u.s. public relations was one of president obama's top foreign policy goals when he came to office. >> it's difficult to forge a lasting partnership between former adversaries. it's hard to change habits that have been ingrained in our governments and bureaucracies for decades. that's why i've called for a resets in the relations between united states and russia. >> that started with an actual molk reset button which hillary clinton handed her russian counterpart. we tried to get this right. did we? >> you got this wrong. >> we got it wrong. >> russian president vladimir putin played the strong man in public and in private. he refused to budge in negotiations with obama on syria, arms reduction, and missile defense. meanwhile the two countries continue to spy on each other. president obama blamed it on outdated thinking. >> there have been times where they've flipped backing into a cold war thinking and mentality. what i consistently say to them and to president putin, that's the past. >>
this snub signals that obama's attempts to reset relations has hit pause. improving u.s. public relations was one of president obama's top foreign policy goals when he came to office. >> it's difficult to forge a lasting partnership between former adversaries. it's hard to change habits that have been ingrained in our governments and bureaucracies for decades. that's why i've called for a resets in the relations between united states and russia. >> that started with an actual molk...
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russia relations have reached since the obama administration. and officials in the white house stress to me that we don't want to blow up the relationship but nonetheless this is quite a sharp breach. the meeting that will take place tomorrow with secretary kerry and the soviet -- excuse me russian foreign ministry sergey lavrov is important because there's a lot of business the two sides have to talk about. syria and iran are at the top of that list. we have a new government in iran that's making signals that it's interested in negotiating some kind of nuclear deal to get that done. is russia prepared to help on it? the same thing with syria. discussions will continue but the feeling is there's nothing that can be taken to the president for decision we. when you have a summit you have deliberals. that wasn't the case here. >> you predicted months ago this relationship was in some serious trouble. i mean as you point out, canceling a summit like this is a big deal. i mean my question here has this deteriorated further and is it actually reparabl
russia relations have reached since the obama administration. and officials in the white house stress to me that we don't want to blow up the relationship but nonetheless this is quite a sharp breach. the meeting that will take place tomorrow with secretary kerry and the soviet -- excuse me russian foreign ministry sergey lavrov is important because there's a lot of business the two sides have to talk about. syria and iran are at the top of that list. we have a new government in iran that's...
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people are so ticked off about obama care. they are going back to their districts and getting an earful in town halls like they have in 2009 right before the 2010 election when they were hearing about obama care. they are hearing defund this thing, push it back. this is a great time. it is also a great time because of the upcoming election. i think you are going to see clearly the republicans hold the house and maybe have a shot at the senate. it is like every day there is something new that the nsa admits to. now they are looking at the texts of our e-mails. so if i send an e-mail to a server offseas it happens to be offseas now i'm technically they are allowed to look into my ee-mail. they can now read them. >> i'm out of here. >> so when you are doing anything illegal they are searching for a pattern. i have been a defender of them based on congress asked them to do it. i trust them. everything that i have read that the they are talking to somebody overs overseas. >> after they said they wanted to have a national dialogue a
people are so ticked off about obama care. they are going back to their districts and getting an earful in town halls like they have in 2009 right before the 2010 election when they were hearing about obama care. they are hearing defund this thing, push it back. this is a great time. it is also a great time because of the upcoming election. i think you are going to see clearly the republicans hold the house and maybe have a shot at the senate. it is like every day there is something new that...
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and obama? only 79. the fact is, president obama never stopped being in campaign mode and that was evident last night. it's the only thing he has really done well. so, shall we look forward to another slow jam with jimmy fallon during the debt ceiling debate? anything he says in this type of forum as entertaining as it might be ends up being trivialized. part of a nonstop celebrity tri that dumbs down issues and insulates the president from proper journalistic inquirery. -- inquiry. a brand new fox news poll shows that 52% of registered voters disapprove of the job obama is doing. that matches his previous record of a high disapproval rating in september 2010. his approval rating also takes a hit this week 42% approve, that's down from 46% at the end of last month. now, on to reaction. you add that to president obama's changing tune on the war on terror, and what do you have? joining us now from l.a., christian widen, a former state department senior advisor under president george w. bush and here in the
and obama? only 79. the fact is, president obama never stopped being in campaign mode and that was evident last night. it's the only thing he has really done well. so, shall we look forward to another slow jam with jimmy fallon during the debt ceiling debate? anything he says in this type of forum as entertaining as it might be ends up being trivialized. part of a nonstop celebrity tri that dumbs down issues and insulates the president from proper journalistic inquirery. -- inquiry. a brand new...
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congress and signed by president obama in december. and it banned from entering into the united states, a whole list of russian officials. 18 russian officials thought to be either connected with this specific death or accused of other human rights abuses. russia, of course, was enraged by this, enraged by the rebuke, enraged that the united states would try to take some sort of moral high ground on human rights issues, russia protested voer sirrously and it ultimately led to the tit for tat list, banning 18 americans by name, if we're going to ban 18 russians by name. it also led to a ban on american parents adopting russian orphans. and it not only banned american parents from adopting russian children in the future, it halted adoptions that were already well underway for hundreds of families. hundreds of russian kids, more than 300 who had already met their new american families, who had been told they would be going home to their new home with their new parents, those hopes were just ended in a gut-wrenchingly abrupt way. those kid
congress and signed by president obama in december. and it banned from entering into the united states, a whole list of russian officials. 18 russian officials thought to be either connected with this specific death or accused of other human rights abuses. russia, of course, was enraged by this, enraged by the rebuke, enraged that the united states would try to take some sort of moral high ground on human rights issues, russia protested voer sirrously and it ultimately led to the tit for tat...
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today president obama seemed a little unsure. >> al qaeda's top ranks have been hammered. but core of al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan is on the way to defeat. al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities. >> so does it really lessen the threat if the core has been hammered but affiliates have spread and actively plot against the united states? it is hard to know. one thing we know is the obama administration just stepped up the use of drones to kill terrorists. just how effective are they? barbara starr with an investigation. >> reporter: within hours of learning al qaeda in yemen was planning a major attack president obama increased drone operations in a frantic effort to find the terrorists. operations have been cut back but now the gloves were off as senior administration official tells cnn. national security trumped everything else. in the last week and a half five drone attacks over yemen. about one-third of all attacks so far all this year. drones remain controversial. president obama insist
today president obama seemed a little unsure. >> al qaeda's top ranks have been hammered. but core of al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan is on the way to defeat. al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities. >> so does it really lessen the threat if the core has been hammered but affiliates have spread and actively plot against the united states? it is hard to know. one thing we know is the obama...
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obama? your silence is deafening. bill says although the driver should have tried to stop it, this is 2013. if the driver got involved there would be three lawsuits alleging he provoked the incident and hurt the innocent children. >> you have to ask yourself if the three children who did the beating if the three who did the beating were white and the victim was black, how big would the story be snowe snowe -- how big would the story be? >> have a great day folks. "fox & friends" starts right now. >>gretchen: good morning everybody. it is thursday, august 8. hope you're going to have a great day. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for spending part of it with us today. president obama giving president putin the cold shoulder to get back at him for harboring n.s.a. leaker edward snowden. is that the right call or wrong one? >>steve: a 13-year-old white boy brutally beaten by african-american teens. why are civil rights leaders like al sharpton and jesse jackson silent? we'll report, you decide. >> we have a winner. three winn
obama? your silence is deafening. bill says although the driver should have tried to stop it, this is 2013. if the driver got involved there would be three lawsuits alleging he provoked the incident and hurt the innocent children. >> you have to ask yourself if the three children who did the beating if the three who did the beating were white and the victim was black, how big would the story be snowe snowe -- how big would the story be? >> have a great day folks. "fox &...
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obama? your silence is deafening. bill says although the driver should have tried to stop it, this is 2013. if the driver got involved there would be three lawsuits alleging he provoked the incident and hurt the innocent children. >> you have to ask yourself if the three children who did the beating if the three who did the beating were white and the
obama? your silence is deafening. bill says although the driver should have tried to stop it, this is 2013. if the driver got involved there would be three lawsuits alleging he provoked the incident and hurt the innocent children. >> you have to ask yourself if the three children who did the beating if the three who did the beating were white and the
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he blamed president obama for problems with rand paul's toilet. he h he's in close association with alex jones. his chance is close to zero. >> do you agree with that? you said it's interesting to see rand paul and chris christie take one another on on. they had been feuding. rand paul offered to have a beer with chris christie if h he wam came to washington. h he said he called the the truce. a one-way truce. is that what he needs to do for the long game? >> he h's transformed. within the last six months he's narrowed and started tacking more to the middle. when he talks about immigration it's very different for rand paul. he realizes he needs to change the conversation. when he talks about drones it talks about the base in the united states, about people worried about the national security and privacy. i see him becoming -- toning down the voice to become more moderate and appealing. that doesn't necessarily mean when it comes toe to toe with hillary clinton that he h won't become more of an idealogue. i do think he's changing his feathers for n
he blamed president obama for problems with rand paul's toilet. he h he's in close association with alex jones. his chance is close to zero. >> do you agree with that? you said it's interesting to see rand paul and chris christie take one another on on. they had been feuding. rand paul offered to have a beer with chris christie if h he wam came to washington. h he said he called the the truce. a one-way truce. is that what he needs to do for the long game? >> he h's transformed....
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president obama eager to highlight a sliver of the economy doing well, real estate. taking to the interpret yesterday at zillow to answer questions about the recovery, housing finance reform, some of what he talked about, but is he on tricky ground? monica is here, and chief economist at first trust advisers, brian, to you first. when you talk about real estate and associating yourself with a recovery, but one that could be called into question, is he treading on dangerous ground here? >> he could be. you know, i actually think the real dangerous ground is, believe it or not, is trying to trash the economy. it keeps growing. it's what we call the plow horse economy. day after day after day, better numbers, today, initial claim, but what worries me is every time the government tries to get involved in a market, it's slowing it down, and, in fact, if you really look at this recovery, the two slowest areas of recovery are employment and housing. the two areas the government tried to help the most, and that's why they are slow to recover. i -- i don't mind his proposal g
president obama eager to highlight a sliver of the economy doing well, real estate. taking to the interpret yesterday at zillow to answer questions about the recovery, housing finance reform, some of what he talked about, but is he on tricky ground? monica is here, and chief economist at first trust advisers, brian, to you first. when you talk about real estate and associating yourself with a recovery, but one that could be called into question, is he treading on dangerous ground here? >>...
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obama haters attack on what would turn out to be michelle obama's successful campaign against childhood obesity, i mean, he's like, you know, in no position to, you know -- if you know what i mean, and if you don't know what i mean, what i mean is rush is a morbidly obese guy. that is a clinical term. morbid obesity. that is a physician's accurate, nonjudgmental description of rush limbaugh's height and weight. morbid obesity is defined as being 50% to 100% heavier than the ideal body weight or 100 pounds above the ideal body weight and rush meets both of those definitions for morbid obesity and so if you're expecting that this is the spot where you hear the morbidly obese rush limbaugh attack the first lady for fighting childhood obesity, if you think that's what's going to happen now, that means you know exactly how rush limbaugh rolls. >> i'm sure you're aware that nutritionists at large, michelle obama, is urging, demanding, advocating, requiring what everybody can and can't eat and demanding everybody eat cardboard and tofu. no calories, no fat, no nothing. got to stop obesity. >>
obama haters attack on what would turn out to be michelle obama's successful campaign against childhood obesity, i mean, he's like, you know, in no position to, you know -- if you know what i mean, and if you don't know what i mean, what i mean is rush is a morbidly obese guy. that is a clinical term. morbid obesity. that is a physician's accurate, nonjudgmental description of rush limbaugh's height and weight. morbid obesity is defined as being 50% to 100% heavier than the ideal body weight or...
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president obama set to meet with the greek prime minister. this as the mediterranean nation is really trying to get its stuff out of the sixth year recession. peter barnes, we talked about this. a lot of similarities, huh, between us and greece? >> yeah, that's right. well, to some economists, no question, tracy. both economies suffering from debt, slow growth, trying to get job creation going, and both leaders of the countries, and they are meeting right now, by the way, the meeting has been underway for a bit here, expecting the cameras about to go into the room here, expecting some comment from the president and greek prime minister, and we could hear them talking about austerity. both leaders pushing back on austerity, by, of course, right now, greece is trying to keep its $150 billion bailout from the imf and other european nations on track by reducing spending, reducing government jobs, reducing its deficits, but -- and for some economists right now, the analogy between the united states and greece is, at this point, a little bit like a
president obama set to meet with the greek prime minister. this as the mediterranean nation is really trying to get its stuff out of the sixth year recession. peter barnes, we talked about this. a lot of similarities, huh, between us and greece? >> yeah, that's right. well, to some economists, no question, tracy. both economies suffering from debt, slow growth, trying to get job creation going, and both leaders of the countries, and they are meeting right now, by the way, the meeting has...
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there was a hue and cry this would be a valentine to president obama, the catherine bigelow movie. there was a delay in the release, and when it came out president obama was like a ten or 20-second figment in a steve croft interview and that's it. in other words, i think the concerns had an impact. might they have an impact on the way that hillary clinton is treated, by cnn and nbc? >> they might. one thing about cnn, that's being directed by charles ferguson, who did "inside job" who is kind of hostile to the kind of corporate democrat position that hillary clinton represents. there's no evidence that either of these projects is biased in her favor, but reince priebus, i just want to say as a woman, i thought the way they treated mika this morning, i would never let you personally moderate a debate, coming on to a show where she's a co-host and putting her down like that and challenging her objectivity. i think it's kind of mean and has the potential to backfire, especially when he makes it personal like that. there was something off about it. >> i appreciate you both being here.
there was a hue and cry this would be a valentine to president obama, the catherine bigelow movie. there was a delay in the release, and when it came out president obama was like a ten or 20-second figment in a steve croft interview and that's it. in other words, i think the concerns had an impact. might they have an impact on the way that hillary clinton is treated, by cnn and nbc? >> they might. one thing about cnn, that's being directed by charles ferguson, who did "inside...
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. >>> president obama got a shout out from troops today at camp bend l ton and he had a warning for them about the dangers still out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and extremist still threaten the homeland, still threaten the diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad, and we have got to take these threats seriously. >> signs of that threat triggered a global terror alert, as you know, and the bases forward. what got everyone so worked up? reporters elih lake and josh roguen believe they know. their daily beast article is al qaeda conference call intercepted by u.s. officials sparked alerts. one u.s. intelligence official saying like this was a meeting of the lee gond of doom. fran serves in the dhs. josh, go to have you on the program. i know you can only say so much because you want to protect sources and concerned about balancing your reporting with national security. this being said, cnn spoke to a number of sources today and terrorism experts who say that 20 plus leaders of al qaeda communicating with each other at the same time would be a big departure of how they o
. >>> president obama got a shout out from troops today at camp bend l ton and he had a warning for them about the dangers still out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and extremist still threaten the homeland, still threaten the diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad, and we have got to take these threats seriously. >> signs of that threat triggered a global terror alert, as you know, and the bases forward. what got everyone so worked up? reporters elih...
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washington post, obama's putin snub. we found another one from bloomberg, i mean, it's easy to find, obama snubs putin inside of tensions in u.s./russian ties. snub might not be the word of choice because it was putin who stuck it in our eye first. >> sure, absolutely. and president obama's probably tying to be diplomatic about putin slipping back into the cold war mentality, putin's never left it. in the former kgb colonel has never gotten over that the united states and the free world triumphed over the soviet union. he's delighting in seeing the relative weakness of the united states under the obama administration on the world stage. there are sections of russian society that really like to see the decline or relative decline of the united states. and while in the united states declines, russia's standing in the world increases. putin is doing this for theater and drama as well to benefit his image in russia and abroad. bill: think about how they could help us in syria, how they could help us with iran. >> sure, absol
washington post, obama's putin snub. we found another one from bloomberg, i mean, it's easy to find, obama snubs putin inside of tensions in u.s./russian ties. snub might not be the word of choice because it was putin who stuck it in our eye first. >> sure, absolutely. and president obama's probably tying to be diplomatic about putin slipping back into the cold war mentality, putin's never left it. in the former kgb colonel has never gotten over that the united states and the free world...
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this is the secret war being waged by the obama administration. i think we are seeing that in bits and pieces like h this news from yemen just yesterday. >> from a white house standpoint, those two things aren't contradictory. evacuating americans and saying that al qaeda is on the run. in fact, it shows that the intelligence is working. >> that's what the white house -- yes. that's the intention behind the message here. i think the president needses to be careful here, especially with the continued drone strikes. there are a lot of members in congress who are wary of the use of drones still. he could encounter pushback on capitol hill. not necessarily but as it becomes common practice it could encounter criticism. >> a lot of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle supported the president. there is critics who say the embassy shut downs were an over reaction after benghazi. how is the administration navigating that? >> they are trying to bring in members of congress and keep them apprised of what's happening in order to avoid the pushback they recei
this is the secret war being waged by the obama administration. i think we are seeing that in bits and pieces like h this news from yemen just yesterday. >> from a white house standpoint, those two things aren't contradictory. evacuating americans and saying that al qaeda is on the run. in fact, it shows that the intelligence is working. >> that's what the white house -- yes. that's the intention behind the message here. i think the president needses to be careful here, especially...
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>>gretchen: that was president obama defending the n.s.a. surveillance program during his interview with jay leno the other night. >>steve: is the government really not spying on you as the president said? let's talk to judge andrew napolitano. judge, do you buy that? >> not only do i not buy it, but the n.s.a. itself has given every indication that the information snowden released, whether you think it's lawful or unlawful, whether you think we have a right to know about it or not, is in fact accurate. about a half dozen other former n.s.a. staffers, not employees of outside contractors of the n.s.a. like mr. snowden, but former government agents who worked for the n.s.a. have corroborated the following, that in the past two and a half years the government has gathered trillions of pieces of information, and those pieces of information consist of the actual sounds of our voices on telephones, our actual e-mails and our actual texts. it doesn't necessarily read them or listen to them unless it wants to. how difficult is it for them to do so?
>>gretchen: that was president obama defending the n.s.a. surveillance program during his interview with jay leno the other night. >>steve: is the government really not spying on you as the president said? let's talk to judge andrew napolitano. judge, do you buy that? >> not only do i not buy it, but the n.s.a. itself has given every indication that the information snowden released, whether you think it's lawful or unlawful, whether you think we have a right to know about it...
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earlier this week president obama traveled to phoenix to make a strong pitch to dismantle fannie mae and freddie mac and bring private capital back to the mortgage market. fannie mae's ceo says that profitability should not slow the appropriate debate. loan offers are still high, but the higher home prices are helping to offset that. fannie mae stock, which is really worthless, continues to trade on speculation to what will happen to the future of the gses. back to you. >> she also managed to look good even in humid washington. >>> is hilton about to come back into the new york stock exchange? we'll talk about that. >>> there's brand-new crash test video. straight ahead. stay tuned to "power lunch." we're back in two. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] >>> in the cars that perform poorly, the crash test dumb juries' head struck ha
earlier this week president obama traveled to phoenix to make a strong pitch to dismantle fannie mae and freddie mac and bring private capital back to the mortgage market. fannie mae's ceo says that profitability should not slow the appropriate debate. loan offers are still high, but the higher home prices are helping to offset that. fannie mae stock, which is really worthless, continues to trade on speculation to what will happen to the future of the gses. back to you. >> she also...
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. >>> president obama credited the marines for taking down osama bin laden and he had a warning about the dangers out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and like-minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad. we have to take these threats seriously. >> the signs of the threat triggered a global terror alert an the basis for it. what got everyone so worked up? eli lake and josh row gan believe they know. their daily beast article is headed al qaeda conference call intercepted by u.s. officials sparked alerts. some kind of conference call that one intelligence official described it this way, like the meeting of he legion of doom. we are joined by fran townsend. she serves on the dhs and security advisory boards. i know you can only say so much because you want to protect sources and are concerned about balancing your reporting with national security. cnn has spoken to a number of sources tell, as well as terrorism experts who say that 20-plus leaders of al qaeda communicating with each other at the same time on a
. >>> president obama credited the marines for taking down osama bin laden and he had a warning about the dangers out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and like-minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad. we have to take these threats seriously. >> the signs of the threat triggered a global terror alert an the basis for it. what got everyone so worked up? eli lake and josh row gan believe they...
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president obama is calling for both lenders to be shut down. diana olick joins us now from washington to explain why. morning, diana. >> good morning. and, you know, profitability just has nothing to do with it in the eyes of the obama administration. both fannie and freddie reporting big earnings, profits, yet they're still held to blame for much of the housing crash. >> for too long these companies were allowed to make huge profits buying mortgages knowing that if their bets went bad, taxpayers would be left holding the bag. it was heads we win, tails, you lose. and it was wrong. >> that was then and this is now. fannie mae reporting net income of $10.1 billion and paying the treasury $10.2 billion in dividends. that brings the total to $105 billion paid to uncle sam which bailed out fannie mae in 2009 buying $117 billion in senior preferred shares of stock. these dividend payments though do not go to pay back that bailout. treasury still owns that stock. and on the conference call this morning, fannie mae's ceo said that profitability should
president obama is calling for both lenders to be shut down. diana olick joins us now from washington to explain why. morning, diana. >> good morning. and, you know, profitability just has nothing to do with it in the eyes of the obama administration. both fannie and freddie reporting big earnings, profits, yet they're still held to blame for much of the housing crash. >> for too long these companies were allowed to make huge profits buying mortgages knowing that if their bets went...
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obama's decision received support from republicans and democrats. stroke talbot, deputy secretary of state under bill clinton and president of the brookings institute said, a moscow meeting would have been more happy talk than merited. ambassador john bolton weighing in on at controversy last night when he went "on the record" with greta van susteren. >> canceling this meeting has all the impact on putin of obama fluttering his eyelids. it is purely symbolic. gregg: joining us now, brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. mike breen, executive director of the truman national security project. mike, let me start with you. surely put teen knew obama would cancel if i gave snowden asylum which is probably why putin did it. why not, if you're the president of the united states, do just the opposite. meet with putin, confront him face-to-face? give him a tongue-lashing, criticize him publicly? why not that? >> the president is right he carries with his office the strength and prestige of the united states of america. if you wan
obama's decision received support from republicans and democrats. stroke talbot, deputy secretary of state under bill clinton and president of the brookings institute said, a moscow meeting would have been more happy talk than merited. ambassador john bolton weighing in on at controversy last night when he went "on the record" with greta van susteren. >> canceling this meeting has all the impact on putin of obama fluttering his eyelids. it is purely symbolic. gregg: joining us...